Geotag function for photographers

Hi! I have a small suggestion for the developer team. There are lots of photographers (including me) who would like to be able to geotag their photos (taken with their cameras, not the phone).

If Locus Map is running anyway, registering a track - all we need is an app (running from your servers, or offline on a pc) which can merge the coordinates of the recorded points into the EXIF of the photos - based on timestamps. There are apps for this (for example: Geotag Photos Pro - I'm using it) - but your app is running anyway and it would be much more useful to have this function integrated as well -- I would even gladly pay for it!

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I'm using an external app as well but actually would like it to stay that way as in my opinion, this use case is too far off Locus' area of expertise. The app would become too convoluted if features like these made it into the main app. An extension might be an option, though.

While I am always eager to get more power - and usability (like a standard panel for the left side) - from Locus, here I agree that there is no chance for Locus to match functions line "GeoSetter beta" e.g. is offering.

thank you for a valuable feedback, I can only agree with "negative" opinions. In this case - idea declined.

Btw. Jens, to synchronize photos on PC, I once created a "QR Code generator" (at bottom in list of functions), that generate QR code with current device time, that may be later used for some automatic sync of track & photos. How to do this automatic sync - don't know. Clever guys anyway usually figure out this task ;).

I probably did not explain clearly enough. There is no copying involved. The app (Locus in this case) should record the track (exactly how it is recording now) and the photos could be geotagged based on timestamps with a desktop extension. On the other hand if there is no demand for this - I can understand it wont be developed. I can still use Geotag Photos Pro - as I did until now.

I think I understand the point. But this geotagging still needs a few steps - record a track (Locus), take the photos (camera), geotag them (some other software - Locus Desktop, or other)? Does it make sense to create extra software when there is already many of them and another one do not bring anything special?